Mercator projection - Wikipedia
网页The Mercator projection (/ m ər ˈ k eɪ t ər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection first presented by Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator in 1569. In the 18th century, it became the standard map projection for navigation due to …
Gerardus Mercator - Wikipedia
网页Gerardus Mercator (/ dʒ ɪ ˈ r ɑːr d ə s m ɜːr ˈ k eɪ t ər /; [a] [b] [c] 5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) [d] was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.
Web Mercator projection - Wikipedia
网页Web Mercator is a slight variant of the Mercator projection, one used primarily in Web-based mapping programs. It uses the same formulas as the standard Mercator as used for small-scale maps.
Mercator projection | Definition, Uses, & Limitations | Britannica
网页Mercator projection, type of map projection introduced in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator. It is often described as a cylindrical projection, but it must be derived mathematically.
Gerardus Mercator - National Geographic Society
网页2023年10月19日 · If you have ever seen a map of the world in a classroom or in an atlas, chances are you have seen the work of Gerardus Mercator, a 16th-century Flemish cartographer (mapmaker). His most famous work, the Mercator projection, is a geographical chart where the spherical globe is flattened into a …
A Look at the Mercator Projection - Geography Realm
网页2014年1月13日 · The Mercator projection was originally developed in 1569 by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. At this time, many of Europe’s top cartographers and explorers used elliptical projections derived from Ptolemy’s latitude and longitude grid.
World Map - Mercator Projection - WorldAtlas
网页2021年5月18日 · Mercator is one of the most popular map projections because it preserves locations and shapes and represents south as down and north as up. Although it is a cylindrical projection, Mercator projection is derived mathematically.
Gerardus Mercator | Flemish Cartographer & Mapmaker | Britannica
网页Gerardus Mercator was a Flemish cartographer whose most important innovation was a map, embodying what was later known as the Mercator projection, on which parallels and meridians are rendered as straight lines spaced so as to produce at any point an accurate ratio of latitude to longitude.
Get to Know a Projection: Mercator - WIRED
网页2013年7月29日 · Today, it’s still the most often used map projection in the world. If you’ve used Google, Bing, Yahoo, OpenStreetMaps, or MapQuest, then you’ve plotted a course using Mercator. Every map ...
The Mercator Projection - World History Commons
网页2 天之前 · Although the Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator's rendering of the earth has been criticized for the way it distorts reality, it was revolutionary in the way it organized space and distance.
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